‘Wine is bottled poetry’, said Robert Louis Stevenson, the famous writer of Treasure Island. Most likely, he was referring specifically to the Spanish wines. Almost all types of Spanish wine can be called treasures.
If you list the emblems that represent Spain, Spanish wines will surely be found next to flamenco and bullfights. And for good reason: Spain ranks third in the world in the level of wine production. The 15th% of all the vineyards in the world are located here: The sun warms them, the earth gives them strength, so all types of Spanish wine are not only a drink, but they are a symbol of Spain and also its joy. Here there are more than a hundred certified wine regions, where several tens of thousands of producers produce hundreds of types of wine. Winemaking is one of the most important parts of the Spanish economy and one of the traditions that the country prides itself on.
Spanish wines are thought to be more astringent and strong than Italian and French wines. These three countries have been competing for a place in the world market for centuries. Many types of Spanish wine have strong flavors, especially reds. In Spain, white, red and rosé wines are produced, but it is the Spanish reds that are considered one of the best in the world. They have intense aromas of black and oak fruits, they are tasty, with tannins ... Fresh and pleasant, with fruity notes and a good balance of acidity. Semi-dry and sweet Spanish wines are not so common.
The combination of the most modern technologies and ancestral traditions makes Spanish wines special. So special that collectors and connoisseurs of Spanish wine types can pay huge sums of money to buy a bottle: For example, in Sotheby’s in 2010, Vega Sicilia was sold for €4,000 per bottle. In 2009 a batch of 23 bottles of this wine was sold for almost 103 thousand euros. There were years when the Sotheby’s house received up to one million dollars from the sale of Spanish wines of various brands. This demonstrates once again the high quality of the types of Spanish wine, recognized beyond the borders of our country.
The Spanish science and art of winemaking has its origins in ancient times, so profound that some winemakers argue among themselves whether the craft of making Spanish wines appeared before Spain itself. One thing is for sure: Spain was one of the first to start producing wines in Europe. Neither Visigoths nor Moors could stop wine production. The Spanish kings took the production of this drink to a qualitatively new level: Different types of Spanish wine began to be supplied to England. Today, the British drink almost 5 million liters of Spanish wine a year. We can say that thanks to the inhabitants of England, the whole world learned what sherry is.
Currently in Spain more than 950 thousand hectares are dedicated to the cultivation of grapes, in the country more than 300 different varieties of grapes are grown. For this indicator, Spain surely ranks first in the world. This creates a unique opportunity for Spanish winemakers to constantly experiment and create new types of wine. There are many types of wines in different price categories. Economic wines sometimes deserve the same attention as those sold in wineries. Great fruity pleasures can be found below 10 euros, but there are also more daring and high-end red wines that easily combine with the best collector wines in the world. The types of wine will be differentiated by color, taste (depending on residual sugar), origin, according to the degrees of alcohol (from 8 to 23 degrees) and age.
By its color the types of wine are subdivided and classified into whites, reds and rosés. White wines are obtained by pressing white and black grapes. The color of red wine is obtained based on the pigments that are in the skin of the grape. The rosé wines are obtained their color in the same way as red wine but the contact time between must and skin is much shorter. There are the following types of wine according to color and tone:
Wines whites:
Wines red:
Finally another we can find the rosé which adopt their colour according to the type of grape and the techniques used.
Depending on the residual sugar contained in each of the types of wine can be differentiate flavors and taste can be distinguished there are the following types of wine:
If we talk on origin you can organize the types of wine as follows:
As for the wine age, there are wines made for fresh consumption, which age harms, but there are also other types of wine that are made with the aim of ageing through the years in barrels or in bottles.
The production of Spanish wine types is not limited to the production itself. It all starts long before the wine, enriched with sun and light, is bottled. The most important element in the production of Spanish wine is the study of grapes and vines. Research should determine why grapes adapt to certain climates and other regional conditions. It is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the soil, the specificity of the variety, climatic conditions, resistance to diseases and insects.
It will take more than a day to get to know all types of Spanish wine. A variety of unique varieties and production technologies make Spanish wines unforgettable, which will make the festivities even more joyful, the meeting of friends even more fun and an even more exciting date. Spanish wine – it's really bottled poetry. I think the whole world agrees with that.
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